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The “PayPay” app is offering cash back u… [CURRENT ISSUE News Technology]
“PayPay” is one of the most popular electronic payment apps in Japan. Ginowan city is trying to promote and encourage cashless payment on th...Read More
Recording services offered to the public… [News]
Okinawa Public Theater Ashibina in Okinawa city is offering recording services in the hall of the facility. Due to COVID-19, a lot of events...Read More
Go To Eat Campaign begins [Gourmet News]
The “Go To Eat Premium Ticket Campaign” has started and began on Nov. 17th. The “Go To Eat Campaign” is focused on supporting food service e...Read More
Woman struck by car in Ginowan dies, driver arrested [News]
Ginowan Police arrested the driver of a car who struck an elderly woman crossing a street in Maehara, Ginowan City, Monday evening. The woman who suffered serious injuries in the a...
Survey: Okinawa 4th most attractive prefecture [News]
Brand Research Institute Inc., a private think tank in Tokyo, published Wednesday results of its survey of most attractive municipalities and regions in Japan in 2016. Hakodate Cit...
Three more sharks caught off Araha Beach [News]
A number of shark sightings has prompted managers of three beaches to ban swimming since more than a week ago. The sightings of the sharks, which experts have identified as bull sh...
Pastry shop manager suspected of filching staff’s wages [News]
Naha Labor Standards Inspection Office sent documents to Prosecutors’ Office, Tuesday, concerning an incident of a female ex-manager of two pastry bakery shops suspected of violati...
Elderly woman hit by DUI driver seriously hurt [News]
A woman in her 80’s was crossing a road in Maehara, Ginowan City, around 22:00 Monday evening, when she was hit by a car. She was transferred unconscious to a hospital where she re...
Okinawa Peace Movement Center chairman arrested [News]
The chairman of the Okinawa Peace Movement Center was arrested Monday on suspicion of damaging property at U.S. North Training Area border. According to police, 64-year-old Hiroji ...
Three new patrol boats added to Miyako Coast Guard [News]
Japan Coast Guard upgraded the 11th Regional Coast Guard Miyakojima Office to Miyakojima Department on Oct. 1. The upgrade is in part to enhance security around Senkaku Islands, an...
Man catches bull shark at Chatan beach [News]
After hearing about the sightings of a pair of bull sharks off a Mihama beach in Chatan that caused the closing of three beaches along the coast, Azusa Miyagi, a 22-year-old fisher...
2-story private house burns down in Shuri [News]
A two-story private house in Ishimine-cho, Shuri, Naha City, burned down early Saturday morning. Naha Fire Department fighters managed to put down the fire by around 4:30. There we...
One drowned, two hurt in snorkeling accidents [News]
According to Okinawa Coast Guard reports, there were three snorkeling accidents at Okinawa beaches on Sunday. 71-year-old Akira Sato from Kanagawa prefecture drowned while snorkeli...
Week passed since Chatan beaches closed for sharks [News]
After sighting of four sharks near Sunset Beach in Mihama, Chatan Town, Tropical Beach in Ginowan City also closed from the noon on Wednesday. So far, three beaches remain closed, ...
Okinawa 2nd best-known Japanese tourist spot among westerners [News]
According to results of a survey by McKinsey & Company, taken among Americans, British, and Australians, Mt. Fuji is the most recognized tourist spot in Japan with 53% of surve...
People of Okinawan ancestry overseas exceed 400,000 [News]
The Exchange Promotion Section of Okinawa Prefecture has drawn a summary of estimates on the number of persons tracing their ancestry to Okinawa now living overseas. The summary co...
Naha Civic Hall to be closed for good [News]
Naha Mayor Mikiko Shiroma announced Wednesday at a press conference that the Naha Civic Hall would be closed for good because of its deteriorated condition. A recent seismic capaci...
U.S. civilian arrested on suspicion of DUI [News]
Okinawa Police arrested Monday an American civilian contractor on suspicion of driving under influence in Chatan. According to Okinawa City Police, 28-year-old Anthony Scott Pameli...
Chatan aims to capture two sharks spotted off Mihama [News]
Based on photographs, a shark expert has concluded that the two sharks spotted off Sunset Beach in Mihama most likely are bull sharks, a species that has a reputation of causing mo...
U.S. sailor arrested for failing to report accident [News]
Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested a U.S. Navy sailor Sunday after he allegedly failed to report a traffic accident to police. According to police, 31-year-old Petty Officer 1st C...
Two drown in weekend Onna diving accidents [News]
Naha Maritime Safety Agency received a report though the emergency center of Okinawa Sunday afternoon of a man drowning in an apparent diving accident at a famous snorkeling and di...
Two sharks appear off Chatan Sunset Beach [News]
Two sharks were spotted swimming in the waters near Sunset Beach in Mihama, Chatan Town, prompting authorities to prohibit swimming at Sunset and Araha beaches until Friday. The ba...
OCVB set to manage new Okinawa Karate Kaikan [News]
Okinawa Karate Kaikan, a new martial arts hall dedicated to Karate, currently under construction in Tomigusuku and scheduled to open Mar. 4, 2017, will be under management of Okina...
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